Assessment of Oral Health Status of Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Completed

• Conditions: Assessment of Oral Health Status of Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
• Interventions: Procedure: Assessment

• Registration Number: NCT05656950
• Lead Sponsor: Sakarya University

Brief Summary

The research is a descriptive study designed to evaluate the oral health status of hospitalized children in pediatric intensive care units. The research was conducted between June 2021 and September 2021 in pediatric intensive care units in Izmir province. The patients were included in the study by using the cluster sampling method in the selection of the sample (n=88). Patient Identification Information Form and Oral Assessment Guide (OAG) were used for oral health assessment of patients. It was taken written consents from the hospitals where the research was carried out and from the relatives of the patients

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-20
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-30
• Study Completion: 2021-09-15
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 88

Inclusion Criteria

• Being treated in the PICU
• Parent's consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Applying non-invasive ventilation therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Observed	Assessment	Oral health of the patient was evaluated by the researcher using a flashlight, tongue depressor and Oral Evaluation Guide. Patient's age, gender, day of hospitalization in pediatric intensive care units, medical diagnosis/diagnoses, presence of chronic disease, state of consciousness, body temperature, oral care application method, oral care application frequency, oral care product used, amount taken/extracted, drugs used, albumin and haemoglobin data on values were obtained from the observation form of the patient.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessing oral status of children in pediatric intensive care unit	3 months	Oral health of the patient was evaluated using a flashlight and tongue depressor

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ramazan Bozkurt; 🇹🇷 Sakarya, Turkey